Posted on 09/14/2021 11:21:18 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) tried to defend herself online after she was swarmed with criticism for wearing an emblazoned “Tax the Rich” dress to the Met Gala, where tables could reportedly cost more than $275,000 and individual tickets are priced at around $30,000.
AOC scolded “haters” about the criticism and contended that going to the fancy event with rich elites was actually her just doing her job as a congresswoman in New York City.
“And before haters get wild flying off the handle, New York elected officials are routinely invited to and attend the Met due to our responsibilities in overseeing and supporting the city’s cultural institutions for the public,” the representative wrote via Twitter. “I was one of several in attendance in this evening.”
In the same Twitter thread, Ocasio-Cortez rationalized that the “medium is the message” and emphasized that her designer is a “Black woman immigrant designer.”
“The medium is the message,” read a screen-capped image from AOC’s Instagram account.
“Proud to work with @aurorajames as a sustainably focused, Black woman immigrant designer who went from starting her dream @brothervellies at a flea market in Brooklyn to winning the @cfda against all odds – and then work together to kick open the doors at the Met,” she wrote. “The time is now for childcare, healthcare, and climate action for all. Tax the Rich.”
“And yes, BEFORE anybody starts wilding out – NYC elected officials are regularly invited to and attend the Met due to our responsibilities in overseeing our city’s cultural institutions that serve the public. I was one of several in attendance. Dress is borrowed via @brothervellies,” the post continued.
For good measure, AOC added, “All-BIPOC/women/LGBT+ team.”
AOC was widely mocked and criticized online, including by her supporters, for the stunt, including:
Ej Dickson, senior writer at Rolling Stone, tweeted: “Am I the only one who thinks this is really f***ing stupid[?] 1) The dress is ugly, 2) She’s at a $35k per person event and this isn’t nearly the own she thinks it is. 3) The dress is ugly. I mean I love her but come on this is so dumb. Peak girl boss s**t.” Glenn Greenwald, a progressive blogger, tweeted: “Lots of people commenting snidely on the lack of masks and social distancing in this opulent indoor event in the middle of a pandemic but — as was true of Obama’s indoor bash — COVID wasn’t invited to the #MetGala and these are the sophisticated people who aren’t in danger.”
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) tweeted: “I’m not even mad at the lack of self awareness or hypocrisy anymore. At this point it’s just hilarious. These people are a giant joke.”
Donald Trump Jr. tweeted: “What makes @AOC a bigger fraud: The “tax the rich” dress while she’s hanging out with a bunch of wealthy leftwing elites or the lack of masks after spending the past 18 months as one of the biggest authoritarian mask Karens in the country?”
Stephen Taylor, political commentator, tweeted: “This is such a political miscalculation. It’s quite amazing to be watching it in realtime.”
Jacques, political commentator, tweeted: “I thought maybe the progressives were being too harsh on AOC lately but nope, they were right lmao.”
Lisa Boothe, Fox News commentator, tweeted: “Outside of AOC being tone deaf and a complete hypocrite, the dress is ugly.”
Scott Lincicome, Cato Institute, tweeted: “Really looking forward to the Versace guillotine sponsored by Boeing.”
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) tweeted: “Cost per Ticket: $30,000. Virtue signaling to your base while partying—without a mask—with the people you claim to hate: Priceless.”
Batya Ungar-Sargon, Newsweek editor, tweeted: If you spent your whole life trying, you couldn’t come up with a better illustration of woke progressivism as smokescreen for class that perpetuates inequality than the progressive avatar at the pinnacle of conspicuous consumption being feted with a cheeky slogan across her back.
Dan McLaughlin, National Review senior writer, tweeted: “Whatever AOC is doing, it is not populism.”
Stephen Miller, political commentator, tweeted: “You know who isn’t at the Met Gala? Joe Manchin.”
>> Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) tweeted:
I’m really glad Dan checked in.
ACCESS standard response to anything that makes her look bad is to blame “haters”. She sounds like a 15 year old Tik Tok addict.
That should read AOC’s standard response. I hate autocorrect.
'Comrades!' he cried. 'You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (this has been proved by Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink the milk and eat those apples.'
Squealer the Pig, in Orwell's Animal Farm
Ms. Cortez (always reminds me of her famous Namensvetter - and, maybe, ancestor? - who massacred the Native Americans and stole their land) is, quite frankly, a latter-day Jesus, ministering to the publicans and harlots.
Regards,
I call her “Cortez the Job Killer”
AOC: ‘I’m in the Inner Party”.
Not nearly damning enough!
That's like criticizing - oh, I dunno - Reichsführer SS Himmler because the trains to the concentration camps didn't always run on time.
BTW: Anyone know if there are any photos of Ms. Cortez schmoozing with the other guests at the gala event, sipping a cocktail, or enjoying a nosh? She makes it sound as though she had been running around shouting "How Dare You?!" at all of the other attendees, like Scoldy-Locks.
Regards,
Hypocrite and a fake, period.
AND THIS——Instagram, which is owned by the Facebook censors, “was able to purchase access to Representative Ocasio-Cortez that is unavailable to average citizens” by connivingly sponsoring a table at the Gala....
<><>did they lobby AOC for their special interests?
<><>did AOC discuss govt business with the censors?
<><>did AOC MAKE ANY PROMISES to the censors?
<><>did AOC make plans to assist them WRT the censorship agenda?
the A-lister response to prom dress barbie at a glitterati event was best said by Mike Rapaport:
“@AOC will soon be rich with a ginormous production deal from somewhere & done with Politics, guarantee it. Stop treating ANY of these people like celebrities they are public servants and work for us,” he posted theorizing on her future plans.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/actor-michael-rapaport-calls-out-aoc-over-met-gala-dress/ar-AAOpZ3e?ocid=msedgntp
“Noblesse Oblige!”
“My Peasants need me to go to these tiresome royal affairs to represent them!”
Found this item hilarious:
Scott Lincicome, Cato Institute, tweeted: “Really looking forward to the Versace guillotine sponsored by Boeing.”
HAH GOOD ONE——She makes it sound as though she’d been running around all night, shaking her painted a** at the rich.....shouting “How Dare You?
There must be photos of Ms. Cortez schmoozing with the rich guests, hoisting crystal stemware of vintage chilled Moet Chandon..... gorging on caviar noshes.
It’s hugely illegal to take a $35K gift.
Sad thing is that she will continue to be elected by the low-information voters in her district. Sickening.
Reading about stuff liken this makes me cringe and feel embarrassed for my country
I thought the Hunger Games was only a movie?
If it was a gift, then she owes taxes on that. If it wasn’t a gift, then she’s obviously not “working class”.
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